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Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1946 and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments. FMR provides investment supervisory services, which include sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, qualified tuition programs, privately offered unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional accounts.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Empowered Funds LLC (do-business-as ETF Architect) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Havertown, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Wesley R. Gray in 2013 and is owned by Alpha Architect LLC, which is a subsidiary of Empirical Finance LLC. ETF Architect offers investment management services through Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs).

Alpha Architect ETF Trust is an open-end management investment company consisting of multiple investment series. Alpha Architect was founded on October 11, 2013 and is headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States.

Neurala, Inc. operates as a software company that makes robots and drones smarter. It develops software that enables robots to move, work, and learn among people. The firm's solutions include consumer electronics, office and industry, drones, autonomous cars and Internet of things. The company was founded by Heather Ames, Anatoly Gorshechnikov and Massamiliano Versace in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Stoel Rives LLP provides full suite of transactional and litigation solutions for U.S. and international clients. Its practice areas include corporate, energy, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, land use and construction, litigation, natural resources, real estate, renewable energy and technology law. The firm?s clients include financial institutions, public and private utilities, energy and renewable energy companies, developers, manufacturers, retailers, hospitals, universities, agribusinesses, software companies, food and beverage companies, charitable foundations, telecommunications and forestry companies, among others. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pelion Venture Partners (Pelion Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1986 by Jim C. Dreyfous and Joel D. Kellman. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City. Utah.

Cougar Capital LLC (Cougar Capital) is a venture capital and private equity firm, a subsidiary of Brigham Young University founded in 2005 by Scott White. The firm is headquartered in Provo, Utah.

Sorenson Capital (Sorenson Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Fraser Bullock and Mika Ronald. The firm is headquartered in Lehi, Utah.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cynosure Group /Private Equity/ (Cynosure Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Herbert Scruggs, Keith Taylor, and Spencer Eccles. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Neighbor Storage, Inc. provides storage and parking space facility services. It offers self storage, boat storage, business storage, car storage, climate controlled storage, college storage, driveway parking, garages, long term storage, long term parking, monthly parking, parking spaces, RV storage, trailer storage, truck storage, and warehouse storage. The company was founded by Joseph Woodbury, Colton Gardner, and Alder Preston in 2017 and is headquartered in American Fork, UT.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Juvo Ventures LLC (Juvo Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Western Governors University. The firm is founded in 2018 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Capital Impact Advisors LLC (Capital Impact) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2013, Capital Impact serves as the investment adviser to the ERShares US Small-Cap Mutual Fund and the ERShares US Large-Cap Mutual Fund as well as ERShares Entrepreneurs ETF and ERShares NextGen Entrepreneurs ETF.

Empirical Finance LLC, also known as alpha architect, is an asset management firm that specializes in high-conviction value and momentum factor exposures. The private company is based in Havertown, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company aims to avoid "closet-index" factor exposures. The company was founded in 2010 by Wesley Robert Gray, who has been the CEO since 2010.

PT Vasham Kosa Sejahtera engages in the provision of farm management solutions. It services include contract farming, processing, and trading. The company was founded by Irvan Kolonas in May 2013 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Micro Benefits Financial Consulting (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. engages in the provision of financial information, and business management consulting services. Its business activities include development and sale of software products, and wholesale business. The company was founded on July 2, 2010 and is headquartered in Suzhou, China.

Founded in 2004, Michelle Applebaum Research, Inc. is an investment research firm located in Highland Park, Illinois. The firm provides equity research that focuses on the steel industry. They offer services to institutional investors.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

Part of Empirical Finance LLC, Alpha Architect LLC is a veteran owned and operated asset management firm based in Havertown, PA. Alpha Architect is the market leader for ETF operations and partners with advisers, ETF sponsors, mutual fund managers, and industry veterans to launch ETFs. The company focuses on high-conviction value and momentum factor exposures, as opposed to "closet-index" factor exposures. The company was founded in 2010 and the CEO is Wesley Robert Gray.

Nursa, Inc. provides nurse recruitment and hiring services. The firm provides short-term and PRN nurse staffing for healthcare facilities. The company was founded by Curtis Anderson and is headquartered in Bountiful, UT.

Teal Drones, Inc. manufactures production drones for both commercial and consumer drones. The company was founded by George Matus and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

The Order of the Coif provides legal educational services. The non-profit company is based in Chapel Hill, NC.